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By Wladimir Pantaleone and Angelo Amante, Reuters Matteo Salvini. Photo: AFP Protecting borders is not a crime, League party chief says PM Meloni vows to continue fight against illegal immigration Anti-immigrant parties, Musk, supported Salvini A court on Friday acquitted Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of charges of kidnapping over 100 migrants aboard a boat he had blocked at sea for nearly three weeks in 2019, as part of a policy to curb irregular arrivals. After a three-year trial, judges rejected a prosecutor's request to hand a six-year jail term to Salvini, the leader of the far-right League party, who is serving as transport minister in Giorgia Meloni's government. "I'm happy. After three years, common sense won, the League won, Italy won," Salvini told repor...

By Catherine Nicholls, Frederik Pleitgen, Avery Schmitz, Lauren Kent and Benjamin Brown, CNN Police and rescue personnel cordon off the area next to a Christmas market, where a car crashed into a crowd killing and injuring people in Magdeburg. Photo: Doerthe HEIN / DPA / AFP At least two people are dead and dozens are injured after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, according to local authorities. At least 68 people were injured in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack, including 15 people with serious injuries, according to a statement posted on the city of Magdeburg's Facebook page. An adult and toddler were killed in the attack and the suspected driver has been arrested, the regional Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, sa...

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN The amulet was discovered on the site of the Roman city of Nida, close to modern-day Frankfurt. Photo: Archaeologisches Museum Frankfurt A small silver amulet discovered by archaeologists in Germany could transform our understanding of how Christianity spread under the Roman Empire, experts have said. The tiny artefact, which measures about 3.6cm long, was unearthed in a third-century Roman grave just outside Frankfurt back in 2018. Archaeologists discovered it on the skeleton of a man buried in a cemetery in the Roman city of Nida, one of the largest and most important sites in the central German state of Hesse. However, it has taken until now for researchers to be able to examine a thin silver foil that was found inside it. Alongside other artefacts in the gr...

By Catherine Nicholls, Frederik Pleitgen, Avery Schmitz and Benjamin Brown, CNN Police and rescue personnel cordon off the area next to a Christmas market, where a car crashed into a crowd killing and injuring people in Magdeburg. Photo: Doerthe HEIN / DPA / AFP At least one person has died and dozens are injured after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, according to local authorities. Between 60 to 80 people were injured in the attack, fire and emergency services told CNN. According to local public broadcaster MDR, police have said that the driver of the car that plowed through the crowd has been arrested. Footage from social media, verified by CNN, shows the moment a black car drove directly into the crowd at the busy Christmas market. I...

By Catherine Nicholls and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Police and rescue personnel cordon off the area next to a Christmas market, where a car crashed into a crowd killing and injuring people in Magdeburg. Photo: Doerthe HEIN / DPA / AFP At least one person has died after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, police have said, according to local public broadcaster MDR. Several people have also been injured, MDR reported, citing police. Footage from social media, verified by CNN, shows the moment a black car drove directly into the crowd at the busy Christmas market. In the video, dozens of people are crowded at the market stalls when the vehicle plows directly into them. Some people can be seen running away from the car in panic, others dive into the stalls...

By Mary Lloyd, ABC News A box of Sudafed PE sinus pressure and pain medicine containing phenylephrine is displayed for sale. Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP An Australian law firm has filed a class action against global pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, accusing it of selling medicines known to be ineffective. Lawyers at JGA Saddler allege the company falsely stated medications such as Codral Day and Night, Sudafed PE and Benadryl PE relieve congestion. The action relates to tablets containing phenylephrine, a substance which the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year declared was not an effective nasal decongestant when taken in tablet form. Johnson & Johnson's advertising for Codral Day and Night states, "Phenylephrine helps to relieve blocked and runny noses"...